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Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2023
In today's interconnected world, many career fields--such as diplomacy, national security, and business--need individuals with knowledge about world languages and cultures. To address these areas of needed expertise--both at the federal level as well as in the education, business, and nonprofit sectors--the Higher Education Act of 1965, as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Employment Potential, Grants

Cabello, Susan U. – ADFL Bulletin, 1983
Describes the strategies used by Pacific University (Oregon) to build up enrollments in foreign languages, including restructuring the program for foreign language majors, changing teaching methodology, and emphasizing study abroad. Also discusses active student recruiting. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Declining Enrollment, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Hollerbach, Wolf – 1979
The report presented here is a follow-up and complement to a first report, which was submitted in 1978 to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska (Fairbanks). The general question underlying this report concerns the adequacy or inadequacy of this university's program offerings with respect to foreign language (FL)…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Educational Assessment, Graduate Study
Timpe, Eugene F. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1980
The responses to questions of class size, degree requirements, starting salaries, and teaching load from 156 academic institutions involved in foreign language teaching are revealed. These may be benchmarks for evaluating and improving programs nationwide. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Class Size, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Higher Education
Sawyer, Mark – 1991
This report discusses the evaluation of the academic English language program at the International University of Japan (IUJ), focusing on some common evaluation problems and approaches taken at IUJ to solving them and drawing on recent theory. The first of these techniques is a systematic approach to program data collection using varied kinds of…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Data Collection, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Griswold, Jean S. – 1983
Information on Colorado State University's foreign language camps for college students is presented. Advantages of the following two models for camps are identified: a single language camp, and a combination multi-language camp with four languages (Spanish, French, German, and Chinese). Features of the camps include: speaking in the foreign…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Language of Instruction
Dublin Univ. Trinity Coll. (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. – 1995
A University of Dublin (Ireland) curriculum restructuring project in the undergraduate second language program is chronicled, and ongoing curriculum development efforts are described. As a result of curriculum research, the university offered a series of freshman French and German courses in 1994-95 and a series of second-year courses to students…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Ward, Annita Marie – 1995
A study investigated the effectiveness of a Salem-Teikyo University (West Virginia) program of English-as-a-Second-Language conversational tutoring for a cohort of 185 Japanese students and a similar but smaller Japanese-as-a-Second-Language tutoring program for the English-speaking cohort. Data were gathered through surveys of faculty (n=4),…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Gradman, Harry L.; Hanania, Edith – 1991
A study conducted in the intensive English language program at Indiana University investigated: (1) the effects of students' language learning background (formal learning of English, exposure to and use of English in class, and extracurricular exposure to and use of English) on their performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education

Larsen-Pusey, Mary Ann; Pusey, Clinton – English for Specific Purposes, 1987
Twelve public universities in Colombia, responding to a questionnaire regarding the current status of English for specific purposes, indicated that they distinguished between general English classes for persons specializing in languages and special classes for those studying other fields through program organization, instructors, goals and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Little, David; And Others – 1994
This report presents the development and results of a 1-year foreign language module program of 15-weeks duration for university students in the arts, commerce, science, and engineering. The project's central concern was to develop and test a general model for the delivery of foreign language teaching to students of other disciplines. The program…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Rorschach, Elizabeth; MacGowan-Gilhooly, Adele – 1993
The Fluency First in English as a second language (ESL) project at City College (New York) began as a result of the high failure rate among ESL writing students at the college, and the fact that this kept many students from entering the regular college courses. Revision on the ESL reading and writing curricula, beginning in 1987, focused on…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Mejorada, Ma. Flor E.; Fonacier, Elvira – 1991
A model for evaluating a college second language writing instruction program is presented, based on experiences at the De La Salle University (Philippines) writing laboratory. The laboratory, a support unit of the university's language program, provides remedial instruction in composition and academic writing for referred students. The proposed…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Second Language Programs, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Lambrech, Regine – 1988
In response to the need for specialized French language skills among foreign students at France's prestigious engineering school, the Ecole Nationale de Lyon, an intensive language instruction program was developed. The 3-week program precedes the school year so that language immersion and orientation targeted to the particular student group can…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, French

Freed, Barbara F. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Reviews effects on faculty, teaching assistants, curriculum, and students of the proficiency-based foreign language requirement instituted at the University of Pennsylvania. Although important and valuable changes have occurred in the language learning and teaching environment, caution is urged in creating realistic and well-understood standards…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Graduation Requirements
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